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Sandra Aamodt
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Novelty seeker, nature photographer, neuroscientist, dancer, sailor, science writer and editor. Photos my own.
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Burrowing owl and baby at Hato La Aurora Nature Reserve in Colombia for #staredown #BirdOfTheDay
#birds
Small owls standing on sand staring at the camera. The parent is fully visible, while the baby peers out over the edge of some dry grass. Their eyes are green, and their bodies are brown with white spots on the back and head, and white with brown spots on the belly. There are some tufts of grass around the edges of the frame.
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Plain-colored tanager at Burbayar Nature Reserve in Panama for #shadesofgray #BirdOfTheDay
#birds
Gray bird with black mask and wings hanging on a branch full of yellow-green palm nuts with a bit of nut in its beak. The background is blurred long green leaves.
November 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Another aurora shot from northern California for the #bright theme of #BlueSkyArtShow
#photography #scape
Tree silhouette against a bright pink sky with green at the bottom and dark blue at the top. A few stars are visible at the top and some city lights at the bottom.
November 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Acorn woodpecker in my backyard in California for #Flyday
#birds
Woodpecker flying in profile with his wings raised. His body is white with a black tail and black on the back of the wings. His chest is black, extending to a patch around his white eye. The top of his head is red, and there is a cream-colored ring around the base of his black beak.
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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I thought I would have to miss today's #BirdOfTheDay because I rarely take photos of ducks, but then I found this male torrent duck from Ucumarí Regional Park in Colombia for #DucksOutOfWater
#birds
Duck standing on a rock above the rushing water of a river. His head is white with black stripes across the eye and the crown. His back is striped lengthwise in dark and light brown, and his chest and belly in dark brown on white. There is a patch of moss on the rock below him.
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Little blue heron hunting at Hato La Aurora Nature Reserve in Colombia
#BirdOfTheDay #birds
Blue-gray bird with purple neck and a long bill, in profile, walking in a muddy river as it keeps an eye out for food
November 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Naked-eye visible aurora north of San Francisco
Tree silhouette against a red sky with some green at the bottom
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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A pair of oriole blackbirds from Hato La Aurora Nature Reserve in Colombia for #Twosday and #BirdsOnTheGround
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Two bright yellow birds stand on the ground in profile, reflected in a pond with little ripples. They have black backs, black patches around their black eyes, and black mustaches.
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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One of my #least photographed #birds is this wattled guan at Ucumarí Regional Park in Colombia, a bird I've only seen once. The guide was very excited to find it, and it was so far back in the trees that it took me half an hour of maneuvering to get a single decent photo.
#BirdOfTheDay
Large black bird with a light blue beak and thin red and yellow dewlap stands in profile on a moss-covered branch in dense foliage with a little sky peaking through
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Scarlet macaw standing on the breakfast table at Hato La Aurora Nature Reserve in Colombia
#StandingonThings #BirdOfTheDay #birds
Brightly colored parrot with a white face stands in profile on a wooden table facing a white coffee cup with pink flowers on its rim. Its head, shoulders, chest, and legs are red. Its wings are boldly striped in red at the top, then yellow, then green, then blue. Its tail is blue with red underneath. Its beak is white on top and black on the bottom.
November 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Brown pelican #takingoff from South Padre Island in Texas
#BirdOfTheDay #birds
Large bird taking off toward the camera against a background of mangrove roots, with its wings spread and its gray legs almost dragging in the ocean. Its body and wings are grayish brown, its chest is white, and its head is yellow. Its long, pale orange beak is tipped in yellow and has a dark blue-gray patch at the base.
November 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Lilac-breasted rollers #fighting or at least squabbling over the best landing spot at Sabi Sand Reserve in South Africa
#Flyday #BirdOfTheDay #birds
Two brightly colored birds in a bush with blurred brown in the background. The bird on the left sits in the bush in profile with its wings partially raised, while the bird on the right hovers nearby with its back to the camera. Their wings and tails are boldly striped in navy, turquoise, light turquoise, and navy. Their backs are brown, and their heads are green on top and white around the brow. The left bird shows off its lilac cheeks and breast. Their eyes are black.
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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American kestrel female eating a mouse for #lunchtime, shot from my deck in California
#BirdOfTheDay #birds
Small falcon standing on a branch, holding a gray mouse in her yellow talons. She's facing away from the camera with her head turned to the left as she takes a bite of the mouse. Her back and tail are finely barred in dark and light brown. Her underparts are buff with light brown streaks. Her head is boldly striped in vertical black, buff, and brown, with a black eye and a blue-gray tonsure with a rusty patch on top.
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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I love a good #closeup. This green heron was hunting in Francis Bay on St. John in the US Virgin Islands.
#birds #BirdOfTheDay
Heron's head and shoulders facing left against a background of dark water and a couple of sticks. There is a green stripe leading from just behind its yellow eye to its long gray beak, a dark stripe below the eye, and a white stripe below that. The top of its head and its wings are dark blue-green, with light brown outlines around the wing feathers. Its chin, neck, and chest are rust-colored, with a vertical white stripe down the chest. Its back is a lighter blue-green.
November 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Collared aracaris foraging at Burbayar Nature Reserve in Panama for #Twosday and the #longbeak alternative for #BirdOfTheDay
#birds
Two large birds with huge, serrated beaks hanging in a palm tree full of yellowish green nuts. Their heads point down facing the camera. The left bird's body faces left, and the right bird's body faces down. Their backs are black with a thin red stripe at the neck. Their tails are black with a red patch at the base. Their bellies are yellow with red, black, and white stripes. Their eyes are yellow with a red patch around them, while th erest of their heads are black. Their beaks are beige with a black stripe on top and black underneath, and a thin white stripe around the base.
November 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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African green-pigeon from Sabi Sand Reserve in South Africa
#birds #BirdOfTheDay
Pigeon leaning forward in profile in a fig tree, with a dull green head and belly, brighter green wing and back, and lavender shoulder. At the top of the wing is a purple patch. Its feet and the base of its beak are bright red, and its eye is white with a black ring around it. The tip of the beak is white.
November 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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White-necked jacobin at Burbayar Nature Reserve in Panama. I think female #birds are often #underrated
#BirdoftheDay
Large hummingbird facing the camera with her head turned to the left, on a diagonal branch against a blurred green and black background. Her head and shoulders are green, her wings are black, and her belly is white with numerous black spots. Her eye and beak are black.
November 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Madagascar hoopoe with its crest up at Anjajavy Nature Reserve
#birds #photography
Orange bird with black and white striped wings, standing on the ground in profile next to a tree trunk. Its eye is black, its slightly open beak is gray, and the tips of its orange crest are also black.
November 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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White-backed vulture from Sabi Sand Reserve in South Africa for #Halloween
#BirdOfTheDay #birds
Vulture standing facing the camera with its head turned to the right, on a dead tree branch that extends up to frame its left side. Its face is gray with a black eye. Its body is buff on the belly, and its wings are light brown at the top and dark brown on the bottom. The background is blue sky.
October 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Collared aracari shot from an #OddAngle at Burbayar Nature Reserve in Panama
#birds #BirdOfTheDay
Head and shoulders of a bird with a red berry in its long, serrated beak, in a tree full of berries. The beak is beige on top and black on the bottom, with a white stripe outlining its base. The bird's head and wings are black, with a red patch around its yellow eye. Its belly is yellow, with a thick black stripe and a thin red stripe.
October 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Silver (red-billed) gull on the South Island of Aotearoa/New Zealand
#birds #BirdoftheDay
Two gulls sitting in profile on the sand, facing to the left. The bird on the left has its eyes closed and its head facing the camera, while the one on the right has its beak open as far as possible in a yawn. Their beaks are red with black at the tip, their heads, shoulders, and bellies are white, and their wings are silver. Their tails are black, with white spots down the center for the bird on the right.
October 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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A pair of light morph red-footed boobies on Palmyra Island in the South Pacific
#BirdoftheDay #birds #Twosday
Two white birds with gray wings and red feet standing in a tree. Their black eyes are surrounded by light blue. The left bird has its wings raised, and its head tilted up. Its upper beak is blue, and its lower beak is yellow with an orange patch at the base and black underneath. The right bird is facing left with its head turned toward the camera, and its beak is light blue with a pink-purple stripe around the base.
October 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Tricolored #heron on Lake Gatun in Panama for #BirdoftheDay
#birds #photography
Slender heron with a long bill standing in profile in shallow water against a background of tall reeds. Its body is slate blue, with a white belly. Its face and legs are yellow, and the front of its neck is rust-colored. There are white and rust patches on its shoulders.
October 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Coquerel's sifaka hanging around at Anjajavy Nature Reserve in Madagascar
#mammals #photography
Small primate in the crotch of a tree, with its legs on either side of a large vertical branch. Its body is reddish brown, and its limbs and head are white. Its face and ears are black, and its eyes are yellow. There is a hot pink flower between its feet, and some thin green leaves hanging down to the right of its head. The background is blurred green.
October 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Catlins Coast of Aotearoa/New Zealand's South Island for #Stunday #scape
Grass-covered prominences sticking out into the ocean, surrounded by beaches, with low hills in the far distance and clouds in the blue sky above
October 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM